반응형 분류 전체보기85 Notes from Underground (p.5-12) 지하생활자의 수기, 원서 읽기 1. I can’t explain who it is precisely that I am mortifying in this case by my spite. - mortifying: embarrassing 2. I did not take bribes, you see, so I was bound to find a recompense in than, at least. - recompense: pay, redress. 3. I have seen myself that I only wanted to show off in a despicable way - despicable: vile, base, mean, filthy 4. I carried on a feud with him for eighteen months ove.. 2022. 12. 29. George Orwell, Through a Glass, Rosily (Essay) p.33-37 1. the recent article by Tribune's Vienna correspondent provoked a spate of angry letters which, besides calling him a fool and a liar and making other charges of what one might call a routine nature, also carried the very serious implication that he ought to have kept silent even if he knew that he was speaking the truth. - spate: a sudden flood in a river; a large number of similar things or e.. 2022. 12. 28. Reading George Orwell (p.30-33) 1. 거절하는 멋진 표현. 그저 '그 날이 안돼, 나 잘 몰라.' 이렇게 말할 수도 있지만, 그저 솔직히 당신께 내가 이해하는 바에 따르면 나는 그 운동의 목표에 동의하지 않는다고 밝히고 싶다는 담백한 문장. I could easily get out of it by saying that the date is impossible or--what is quite true--that I know nothing about Jugoslavia, but I prefer to tell you plainly that I am not in agreement with the League's ultimate objectives as I understand them. - 당시 영국에선, (지금은 아닌 것 같지만) Yogosl.. 2022. 12. 27. much as 뜻, 예문 I belong to the Left and must work inside it, much as I hate Russian totalitarianism and its poisonous influence in this country. 조지 오웰은 Atholl의 공작부인에게 보내는 편지에서 (1945년 11월) 다음과 같은 문장을 쓴다. 이때 'much as'는 '비록 ~이기는 할 지라도' 정도로 이해할 수 있다. 유고슬라비아 문제에 대해 자신과 뜻을 함께해 주기를 바라는 스코틀랜드 출신의 정치인에게 거절의 편지를 보내는 맥락이다. 'although' 정도의 뉘앙스로 이해할 수 있다. Much as I liked you, I was really swamped with my job at the time. * .. 2022. 12. 26. 이전 1 ··· 17 18 19 20 21 22 다음 반응형
